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makingmusic476 on 06 January 2008
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madskillz said:
Played_Out said:
LordTheNightKnight said:
It would not lead to all our movies being on it. It took mainstream success for that to happen to DVD, not getting rid of the DIVX format (which is not the same as the DivX codec).

DIVX? Ha ha ha. I had forgotten about that one! DVD didn't get rid of DIVX, it wasn't a competing format, it was just a ridiculous failed attempt at providing an alternative to video rental. A bad idea from the start.

@madskillz

The interactivity features of Java are actually a lot better than HDi. The reason you don't see them in early Blu-Ray is that they were not included as standard in the BD 1.0 profile.

I wouldn't worry to much about the region coding issue either. DVD is region encoded, but I sure don't know anyone with a player that's not region free.

Personally, I won't be getting on the HD format train for a while as I only have an SD TV, but it was pretty obvious from the get-go that BD was the superior format, and market dominance was assured by Sony crowbarring it into the market via PS3.


Interesting post. I hope you are correct about region coding - I hate being limited with my options ...

I have well over 200 DVDs and just 10 HD DVDs (plus 5 that I still need to pick) and I got in because it was a great deal, even if the format died. I was giving the PS3 and 15 BR movies from Wally World serious thought too.

As far as the TVs go, I have a 480i SD TV and a 22" LCD, plus a 1080i projector and all of the HD DVD movies look sweet. When the HD DVD format goes belly up, I will just stick to watching HD on my DiSH HD DVR. I will admit, I have the Star Wars Trilogy on my DVR in HD ... it's really sweet.


 Also, Blu-Ray region coding is optional for all movies over one year old, and most Warner, Sony, Disney, and Lionsgate titles are region free because of this.  Fox seems to be the only stickler for Region Coding so far, but I hear most of their European releases are region free as well.

Region Coding is only required within the first year, to protect studios' international interests.  For example, New Line released Hairspray in the US on both DVD and Blu-Ray over a month ago, yet the HD DVD version is still MIA.  This is beacuse Hairspray is still being shown in theaters in Europe, and a region free release would infringe upon that.  What would you rather have, region free releases or new releases earlier with region coding?  And remember, the region coding will probably only be in place for the first year.  I'm sure many could go either way, but personally I'd choose the latter.